Western religious music from different centuries.
Late 18th-century psalm arrangements by Johann Adolf Hasse, Christoph Willibald von Gluck and Franz Xaver Richter.
Since time immemorial, you can hear the seven penitential psalms (6, 31/32, 37/38, 50/51, 101/102, 129/130 and 142/143) during the Lenten season. The first song is from the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the bible, and the second is from Protestant translations.
In this hour, we’ll listen to two arrangements of Psalm 50/51, and in between, we’ll listen to one arrangement of Psalm 129/130.
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
1. Miserere in C minor
Mária Zádori, soprano. Kai Wessel, alto. Wilfried Jochens, tenor. Stephan Schreckenberger, bass. Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert conducted by Hermann Max
(CD: “Messe in D, Miserere” – Capriccio C5125, 2012)
Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787)
2. De profundis clamavi
Festivalchor Musica Franconia, La Banda conducted by Wolfgang Riedelbauch
(CD: Jean Paul Egide Martini, Requiem – Christophorus CHR 77413, 2017)
Franz Xaver Richter (1709-1789)
3. Miserere a 10 voci per il Venerdì Santo in F minor
Markéta Böhmová, Pavla Radostová, soprano. Piotr Olech, alto. Jakub Rubín, tenor. Jiří Miroslav Procházka, bass. Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra & Choir conducted by Roman Válek
(CD: “Super flumina Babylonis, Miserere mei Deus” – Supraphon SU 4274-2, 2019)
In addition:
Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780)
4. Herr, ich habe missgehandelt
Manuel Tomadin, organ
(CD: “Complete Organ Music” – Brilliant Classics 95363, 2018)
Pictured is Roman Válek
